Definition of may

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May (n.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn..

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Assimilable :: Assimilable (a.) That may be assimilated; that may be likened, or appropriated and incorporated..
Store :: Store (v. t.) That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number..
Port :: Port (v.) A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used also figuratively..
Banns :: Banns (n. pl.) Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in a church, or other place prescribed by law, in order that any person may object, if he knows of just cause why the marriage should not take place..
Expectable :: Expectable (a.) That may be expected or looked for.
Heart-whole :: Heart-whole (a.) With unbroken courage; undismayed.
Convexo-concave :: Convexo-concave (a.) Convex on one side, and concave on the other. The curves of the convex and concave sides may be alike or may be different. See Meniscus..
Weighbridge :: Weighbridge (n.) A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.
Evasible :: Evasible (a.) That may be evaded.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.
Dictate :: Dictate (v. t.) To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis..
Particular :: Particular (n.) A separate or distinct member of a class, or part of a whole; an individual fact, point, circumstance, detail, or item, which may be considered separately; as, the particulars of a story..
Morgue :: Morgue (n.) A place where the bodies of persons found dead are exposed, that they may be identified, or claimed by their friends; a deadhouse..
Amidogen :: Amidogen (n.) A compound radical, NH2, not yet obtained in a separate state, which may be regarded as ammonia from the molecule of which one of its hydrogen atoms has been removed; -- called also the amido group, and in composition represented by the form amido..
Accident :: Accident (n.) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
Sheepshank :: Sheepshank (n.) A hitch by which a rope may be temporarily shortened.
Maihem :: Maihem (n.) See Maim, and Mayhem..
Manway :: Manway (n.) A small passageway, as in a mine, that a man may pass through..
Discordable :: Discordable (a.) That may produce discord; disagreeing; discordant.
Object :: Object (v. t.) That which is put, or which may be regarded as put, in the way of some of the senses; something visible or tangible; as, he observed an object in the distance; all the objects in sight; he touched a strange object in the dark..
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